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title: threepence — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «threepence» in the school dictionary: Threepence is an old British coin or sum of money worth three pence. (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# threepence

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**Who acts:** Threepence, pint, Each, penny · **What happens:** be, sum, cost, pay, make · **To what, where:** old British coin, money, threepence, penny

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«threepence» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [threepence in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/threepence.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Threepence is an old British coin or sum of money worth three pence. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* Threepence is an old British coin or sum of money worth three pence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:threepence:m1:1
# text = Threepence is an old British coin or sum of money worth three pence.
1	Threepence	threepence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Threepence | a old British coin or sum of money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sum** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* (old use).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:threepence:m1:2
# text = (old use).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Half a pint of brandy cost threepence in the old days.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:threepence:x1:1
# text = Half a pint of brandy cost threepence in the old days.
1	Half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pint	pint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	brandy	brandy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	threepence	threepence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | half pint of brandy | threepence |  |  | day |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme threepence=Value |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Each of the three men paid a penny, which made threepence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:threepence:x2:1
# text = Each of the three men paid a penny, which made threepence.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	threepence	threepence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | Each | a penny |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Asset |
| 2 | **make** | past | a penny | threepence |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset threepence=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A sweet cost threepence in the shop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:threepence:x3:1
# text = A sweet cost threepence in the shop.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	threepence	threepence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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